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I don’t really care so much if it is just for the audio for my Youtube videos since it is still way better than what I had before, but the other part of the reason that I bought this mic was to record some long boring rule manuals as audio books. I can amplify it in Audacity, but the sound quality seems to suffer.

I have attached a sample of recording from different distances. My question is this: is this a problem or do I just not know what I am doing? I don’t know if these levels are normal for a mic like this one. I tried it out with a Windows 7 laptop and it wasn’t any better.

#AUDIO TECHNICA ATR2100 USB WINDOWS 10 DRIVER DRIVERS#

I also found that there is sometimes issues with the drivers on Windows 8. If I am any comfortable distance away, It is really quiet. I tried at different distances, and found that if I put the mic inside of my mouth, the levels are about what I would expect from having them turned up all the way. Not totally sure what that means, but from what I can gather sound levels from this type of mic are generally lower, and they are meant for recording at close distances.

I did some research, and found that the ATR2100 is a dynamic mic. I tried it with Audacity as well, and it was also very quiet. I tried again, and it registers now, but just barely. I opened up recording devices, selected the ATR USB mic, and adjusted the level of it to max. When I tried to record with sound recorder, nothing showed up on the waveform. Once I received it, I plugged it in to my Laptop to test it out. I was really impressed with the audio that I heard from it, so I ordered one. I looked at some reviews, and the ATR2100 was consistently mentioned as one of the top mics within my (low) price range. But I finally got fed up with the crappy sound quality and decided to break down and buy a real mic. I sometimes make instructional videos and such to put on Youtube, and until recently I have just used the mic on my laptop. Most of my problems probably just come from the fact that I know very little about sound recording and editing.Īudio-technica ATR2100 USB/XLR Microphone

#AUDIO TECHNICA ATR2100 USB WINDOWS 10 DRIVER INSTALL#

One thing to take note of is that the USB functionality requires drivers to be installed (if you have Windows 7 the drivers will install automatically, not sure about Apple or Linux systems, or earlier versions of Windows).I am having some issues with an Audio-technica mic which I just purchased.

It may seem minor, but it's half of what I bought this mic for.

This microphone requires drivers to work, and hence it won't work on systems you can't install drivers on, eg.

Even with a windshield on it, there is still a very audible murmur in the background.

For one, being a cardioid mic, it pics up a heck of a lot of background noise.

Can withstand a drop or two on the grill, which is nice. And the construction is supersolid - all metal, very heavy.

Frequency response is excellent, distortion remarkably low.

This is a cardioid, unidirectional mic, meaning it picks up your voice from only one direction, which is great for filtering out other sources of sound.

Cardioid mic for those doing screen casts vs podcasts.

Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB USB/XLR Microphone

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